Nigerian parliament to probe US$10m power expenditure
Nigeria's House of Representatives (parliament) has voted to probe the US$10 billion reportedly spent on the power sector by the immediate past, Olusegun Obasanjo-led...
CAN 2008 : Tunisia and Angola end in a draw and qualify
Tunisia and Angola encounter Cameroun and Egypt, next Sunday, in the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations. The two group D leaders...
Kenyan MP killed over love-affair – Police
The Kenya Police have confirmed that a Police officer shot and killed an opposition Member of Parliament in the Western town of Eldoret, the...
CAN 2008: Ghanaians nickname Nigerian Team ‘Super Chicken’
The Ghanaian football fans, realising the enormous task their team will face Sunday against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the quarter-final of the...
Enyimba takes over Nigeria League
Organisers have shelved their plan to suspend the league till the end of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, saying it would...
Barack Obama – The one who could be the first black President of the USA
Son of an African father and a white mother, lawyer from Harvard graduate and Senator of Illinois, Barack Obama who faces Hilary Clinton in...
Tech For Food 2008 will welcome Youba Sokona
Youba Sokona will participate to Tech For Food second edition: technologies to fight against hunger in the world, which
will take place in a month...
Nigerian bank eyes Angola oil market, to open branch in Sao Tome
One of Nigeria's fast-growing financial Institutions, Skye Bank, has concluded plans to open a branch in the Island nation of Sao Tome and Principe...
Kenya: Another MP shot dead
For the second time in 36 hours, an opposition Member of Parliament in Kenya, David Kimutai Too, has been shot dead, Thursday, announced the...
Kenya : Tensions high as Annan-brokered talks begin
President Mwai Kibaki shakes hands with opposition leader Raila Odinga in the presence of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The "official dialogue process" began on...
CAN 2008 : Cameroun weakly clears Sudan and qualifies
Cameroun did very little this Wednesday, when they played Sudan to win at 3-0, buying their ticket to the quater final of the African...
CAN 2008: Ghana coach, Le Roy, to be dragged to Disciplinary Committee
The chief coach of the Black Stars of Ghana, Claude Le Roy, may face sanctions from the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) if he...
CAN 2008: Ghana coach, Le Roy, to be dragged to Disciplinary Committee
The chief coach of the Black Stars of Ghana, Claude Le Roy, may face sanctions from the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) if he...
70,000 Malawians displaced as Mozambicans flee rising water, crocodiles
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Over 70, 000 people have been displaced or have their crop fields destroyed as floods continue to wreck havoc in...
ZIMBABWE: Vote first, talk later
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has condemned the proclamation of a March election date by President Robert Mugabe, and is considering boycotting...
CAN 2008 : Victory for Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria, Mali Fails
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), beat Mali with cheeky ease 3-0, on Tuesday, and will be meeting Guinea in the quarter finals of the African...
AU Commission candidacy: Gabonese FM ahead
Gabonese Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean Ping, is leading the two other candidates for the post of the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, to replace...
Libya threatens to withdraw investments in Africa
Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi Tuesday warned that Libya could withdraw its investments in Africa and direct them to the Mediterranean if the continent engaged...
CAN 2008: Nigerians euphoric about Sekondi ‘miracle’
Nigerian football fans quickly moved from anger and disappointment to a pleasant surprise and happiness, after the national team's qualification for the quarter-finals of...
CAN 2008: ‘Judgement day for Super Eagles’
The dire situation in which Nigeria's Super Eagles have found themselves, going into their last group match at the current Nations Cup in Ghana...
South African MPs want prostitution legalised at 2010 world cup
South African MPs want prostitution legalised at 2010 world cup
A member of the ruling ANC in South Africa wan ts prostitution to be legalised...
Suspected militants attack boat building firm in Nigeria, wound one
Suspected militants attack boat building firm in Nigeria, wound one
Lagos, Nigeria - Gunmen suspected to be militants attacked a boat build ing company, Almarine,...
Gambia’s US$ 11.64 million debts written off by creditor nations
Gambia's US$ 11.64 million debts written off by creditor nations
The Paris Club of Creditor countries has written off Gambia's debt of US$ 11.64 million,...
CAN 2008: Top scorer battle in full swing
CAN 2008: Top scorer battle in full swing
The contest for the top scorer award at the ongoing Af rica Cup of Nations in Ghana...
CAN 2008 fallout: Poor results land 8 Nigerian fans in hospital
CAN 2008 fallout: Poor results land 8 Nigerian fans in hospital
At least eight members of the Nigerian supporters' club have been hospitalised for shock-related...
Kenya: Fighting Intensifies After MP’s killing
Naivasha, usually one of the must see sights for tourists in Kenya, has been thrown into days of violent ethnic confrontations. There have been...
Flavors from Ghana
From our correspondent in Accra, Aboubacar Laouali
CAN 2008 : Senegal’s coach resigns
The coach of Senegal's national team, Henri Kasperczak has given up his job after the humiliating game they lost against Angola on Sunday afternoon...
CAN 2008: Ghana 2, Morocco 0 (half-time)
Half time score in a group A match here in the African n ations' cup football tournament is Ghana 2, Morocco 0.
Awards, foreign investments and development
Among news that made headlines over the past week is the award for the world’s emerging economy as well as the doubling of foreign...